Posted on 04/22/2016 10:17:58 AM PDT by NYer
Even 35 + ago when I was a grad student in Victoria the Pt. Roberts border crossing was fully operational.
Really excellent description. Olympic rain shadow effect at Sequim also interesting.
Yeah, that’s a strange one all right. But pretty similar to Carter Lake. Stranded in a foreign state when the river changed course ...
We sailed all around that area in 2008-2010. We used to sail to Anacortes for groceries. Up in SE Alaska now. Can’t get enough.
Keep the bone in her teeth! :{)
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Indeed! Several years ago, the History Channel ran a fascinating series entitled How the States Got their Shapes. You can watch full episodes at that link. Fabulous and fascinating.
(It’s an old sailing term. A sailing ship traveling fast, when viewed from ahead, is said to have the “bone in her teeth”.)
As I understand it, Olympic Nat'l Park has a rainforest. It is the wettest spot in CONUS.
But, in nearby Sequim, as the crow flies, they have to irrigate to get most of their water.
Pt. Roberts was named after British explorer Capt. Vancouver’s good friend Henry Roberts.
Oh my gosh, I grew up in the SF Bay Area and used to swim and surf at Santa Cruz until I got tired of my skin turning purple. Dang cold.
Thanks, I’ll try to keep all that in mind if I ever get a crazy idea to sail around there.
Yes.
Used to spend lots of time over at Roche Harbor.
Saw the American and British camps. Interesting. I remember all kinds of wild turkeys. And rabbits.
Pre-Homeland Security. Legacy INS might have been a bit more lenient with their procedures before DHS was formed, since they personally know just about everybody who crosses, but there’s been a manned crossing there for over 100 years.
I keep trying to take my husband there just so he can say he’s been, but he isn’t interested for some reason.
A lot of tsunami debris from Japan make its way to our coasts. So there’s a current.
And as I understand it, the Japanese used to use glass balls for floats for their fishing nets back in the day. They can still occasionally be found up in Alaska.
Well, finding Japanese stuff in Alaska makes sense since from what I can tell that’s where the warm northbound Japanese Current ends up and also where it turns to become the cold southbound Alaskan current.
Spent the first five years of my life in Carter Lake, Iowa, which, because of the way they channelized the river, is on the Nebraska side of the Missouri.
True. But there’s two currents to consider: water and air. How an object is affected by them is a matter of size and shape. Some tsunami debris were found in California, and I don’t think they all made their way to AK, before heading south.
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